Nanaimo or Nomindo or Nanaim-hole is a small provincial city on Vancouver Island where people dreams go to die. That is, if those people ever had dreams other that owning things like cars/trucks, atv's or flat screen TV's. It's a a city where people have just enough intellectual curiosity to get themselves into VIU or "high school on the hill", to complete a course to get a "good Job"or "that's good money!" as a personal trainer or yoga instructor. Nanaimo presently has more personal trainers and yoga instructors per capita than any other city in British Columbia and remarkably makes up 19% percent of it's economy. The rest of the city's economy is made up in retail in it's shopping or strip-malls.

Some of the interests of a Nanaimoite is of course - Yoga, smoking weed, gossip, backstabbing, walking around Wood-Grove Center like a zombie and creating coalitions to oust people who threaten their insular world views.

Historical sites include The Bastion and a chunk of coal in the downtown area.

Women try to be classy by owning toy poodles, shopping at Suzy Shier, and walking around in Lulu Lemon pants while ending each sentence with "namaste". All the while hitting up the gym twice a week, gossiping about others, leeching off their rich partners/spouses, getting an 'edgy' White girl tattoo(I.e. Infinity symbol), and driving in priuses or dodge chargers(which you can also bet isn't theirs). On top of all this, a majority of them look the same, are super unwelcoming, with questionable motives at best.

The male population generally consists of middle aged suits who drive in large black vehicles who put down people at the drive through, old war vets who are extremely crusty, and young white boys who live off of mommy and daddy's money. None of these walks of life are challenging to spot. The young boys like to wear whatever is on sale at West49 whilst lacking the ability to actually skateboard; acting "tuff", cussing at everyone, and hitting on predeveloped underdressed teenage girls who will put out for anyone are just a few of the activities that teen boys do here.

If you live in Nanaimo long enough, you will see "I Luv Harewood" bumper stickers. This is the equivalent of I heart trash, since Harewood is the ghetto, while also donning the nickname, "Scarewood."

"You know that girl over there? Debby?"
"What about her?"
"She has slept with at least fifty people and shes only 20."
"Wow, that's super young. That's a lot too."
"Yup, she's a Nanaimo girl."

is the second largest city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It has been dubbed the "Bathtub Racing Capital of the World" and "Harbour City". Nanaimo is also sometimes referred to as the "Hub City" because of its central location on Vancouver Island, and being the main ferry connector between Vancouver and Vancouver Island.

Nanaimo is about 55 km west of Vancouver, separated by the Strait of Georgia, but directly linked to Vancouver via BC Ferries. By virtue of its proximity to Vancouver, Nanaimo is the gateway to many other destinations both on the island — Tofino, Campbell River, Comox Valley, Port Alberni, Rathtrevor Provincial Park — and off its coast — Newcastle Island, Gabriola Island, Valdes Island, and many other of the Gulf Islands.

Nanaimo began as a trading post in the early 1800s; in 1849 the Snuneymuxw chief Ki-et-sa-kun ("Coal Tyee") informed the Hudson's Bay Company of the presence of coal in the area, and in 1853 the company built a fort known as the Nanaimo Bastion (still preserved). Subsequently the town was chiefly known for the export of coal. The 1887 Nanaimo Mine Explosion killed 148 miners and was the largest man-made explosion until the Halifax Explosion. In the 1940s, lumber supplanted coal as the main business, although Minetown Days are still celebrated in the neighbouring community of Lantzville.

Malaspina University-College's beautiful and scenic main campus is located in Nanaimo, which brings many international students to the city. The school is also renowned for its music programs.